[My personal Skypad experience]: The first impression of Skypad 3.0 is that it is really smooth, like moving your mouse on a infinite layer of oil. Because it is too smooth, it amplifies all your aiming flaws and aiming strengths, every single mechanic would express on this supreme mouse pad.
Great long-term review. Especially the warnings about shaky hands in tense situations and how easy the back scratches. I might just try glass skates first.
I'm gonna be honest tensing up on a cloth pad also makes your aim bad though, it's just not as easy to notice that you were missing your shots due to tensing up. On a cloth pad you don't see on-screen feedback to you being tense, it simply makes it harder to aim.
10:00 I've used a skypad for over a year as well and I disagree with this. Changing your sens is not a crutch. It's a way to learn mouse control faster. Aiming is not muscle memory, if it was, just changing the pad would ruin all of that anyway since your muscles now have to do way less work to move the mouse the same distance. By initially lowering your sens by 10-20% you can start to re learn mouse control way faster, you get used to having less stopping power and your mouse kind of always gliding around. How you get used to it might be different but this is how I did it if anyone's interested: - First lowered sens quite a bit so the mouse feels controllable, played like that for a while - Bought a very lightweight fingertip mouse because I thought it would pair well with this (it does) - Started slowly raising my sens, for example in overwatch I used to play 800dpi 4, would go to 4.5, then 5, then 6, 7, and finally 8.5, which felt like it demanded a lot of control from my fingers and wrist. I would stick with one sens for around a month ish, not super consistent, just until it felt like I got super used to it - Now I'm experimenting with drastically lowering my sens, trying 800dpi 5. I've noticed a massive benefit from this, since I basically forced myself to play with increasingly precise fingertip movements, my micro adjustments are really accurate. Mostly changed to lower sens so I could work on using my arm more, in the past I found it really hard to have accurate fingertip adjustments while using mostly arm since my fingers would tense up, so now trying to force myself to learn connecting them better Also just some general glass pad tips for anyone considering this: - You will suck at the start. A lot. It feels bad. That's ok, push through it until switching to your normal pad feels unplayable. After that it gets easier - Use a sleeve. You may not think you sweat enough for it to matter, I didn't either, but you do, trust me on this and save yourself months of suffering with shit aim. I would recommend a sleeve with a thumb hole since for me my wrist having more friction on the pad was the worst part - Any time your skates start to feel like shit, change them. PTFE skates on glass go in 3 phases, at the start they feel insanely slippery, they wear in in a few hours of use, after that they last a few weeks to a few months, then they get scratchy and never recover. I would recommend dot skates since they are way, way cheaper and faster as well - Don't use glass or sapphire skates on glass, they will fuck your pad up permanently
You shouldnt used bold statements like "you will suck at first" etc. Understand that people will have different experiences, and not the same as yours. I got a Skypad and immediately got better. The easy cleaning and consistency of the pad makes muscle memory kick in and remain. Aiming is a combination of learning, reacting ,muscle memory and others. I wouldn't rule muscle memory out completely.
My laziness took over I’d rather clean this over cloth not to mention got it on Black Friday sale for $60 thanks for the review can’t wait to play with it
@@zen3D_yt No problem! Actually got me to scoop one on their sale, found out they're 4hrs away when I got it the next day and now it's completely replaced my Hayate Otsu, keep up the great reviews!
This is no joke. Put a thin layer olive oil onto the skypad. it feels so smooth. and if don't feel well with it clean it. it's glass. im using dot skates with it.
My only concern is the amount of sound it makes with mouse movement on top of it. By movement or picking up and dropping mouse back down. It sounds so bad
It does make a sound.. but with earbuds or a headset you won't be able to hear it... but when using this pad while doing other stuff on the computer you will hear the swiping sound haha
Hey Zen! Did you use regular acrylic paint to fix the backside coating? My Skypad has a few places around the edges that could use some paint, but I'm not sure if the regular one would work
hey man, could i ask you how you wash it and what you use ? i cleaned mine with some regular window cleaner, made sure its not alcohol and doesnt leave a residue and my pad literally slowed down by 300% i'm kinda worried
Little late but I use the G-Wolves HSK Pro ACE. I just bought the skypad 3.0 with some tiger ice v2 dots.. From what I understand the pad itself does eat the feet up somewhat regularly, is that true for you?
if you want glass, the superglide glass pad has slightly more friction but is close to the same. or the razer atlas has a bit more friction even than the superglide pad, but in terms of quality the skypad and superglide are better afaik.
this will last. you only have to replace the skates in the future. it depends how often you need to change them. the skates wear is not that worse how people think it is. i would go for a pulsar instead because of the flex on the skypad.
@@zen3D_yt Mmm...my problem is that only sells the xm1 ice tiger skates and not the xm1r. Well, maybe in some years I will buy even the skypad v.5 because I will need to change my desk and maybe one superlight v2. For now I will keep the xm1r and the mpc450.
150$, wtf... In europe it used to be around 100-110€ but at the moment it's 74€ free shipping on amazon. 100+€ was too much for me but 74€ i was willing to pay.
First concern should be the waste of money that u need to do with mouse feets, because this pad eat the feets really quick, I have it and my superglight with default skates (3 months of use) feels like everytime I'm tracking, everything feels scratchy, buy If I do the same on my "normal" pad (esports tiger eba) I don't feel that. So as soon as ur feets are being used for like 2 months or so, u'll need to buy new ones.
cloth you have to replace every couple years at least, you never have to replace a glass pad, the skates every few months arent that expensive depending on what cloth pad you would be needing to replace.
@@rainbats Well, "aren't that expensive", I live in Argentina, so everything is expensive, just to let u know is easier to get an skypad here than it is to get a set o mouse skates (u have to wait at least 15 days-30 days for them to come to the country)
After replacing your skates does your pad feel smooth and brand new? I’m asking because I had the same problem and was wondering if it was an issue with the pad or the skates and I got glass skates and a new pad to see if I like it more then the sky pad(also got new pdft skates) to see how the sky pad feels with new skates
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[My personal Skypad experience]: The first impression of Skypad 3.0 is that it is really smooth, like moving your mouse on a infinite layer of oil. Because it is too smooth, it amplifies all your aiming flaws and aiming strengths, every single mechanic would express on this supreme mouse pad.
Great long-term review. Especially the warnings about shaky hands in tense situations and how easy the back scratches.
I might just try glass skates first.
Thnaks! Glass skates are a great idea as they are much more affordable! 👍
if you are willing to not only kill your pad quicker but have a low durability on the skates and clean the pad constantly.
@@davidsmith9267 I think he means just glass skates, in stead of the mousepad
I'm gonna be honest tensing up on a cloth pad also makes your aim bad though, it's just not as easy to notice that you were missing your shots due to tensing up. On a cloth pad you don't see on-screen feedback to you being tense, it simply makes it harder to aim.
You should try Obsidian Pros and Corepadz for the Sky Pad, they're slower than tiger ice but I think they strike the perfect balance
10:00 I've used a skypad for over a year as well and I disagree with this. Changing your sens is not a crutch. It's a way to learn mouse control faster. Aiming is not muscle memory, if it was, just changing the pad would ruin all of that anyway since your muscles now have to do way less work to move the mouse the same distance. By initially lowering your sens by 10-20% you can start to re learn mouse control way faster, you get used to having less stopping power and your mouse kind of always gliding around. How you get used to it might be different but this is how I did it if anyone's interested:
- First lowered sens quite a bit so the mouse feels controllable, played like that for a while
- Bought a very lightweight fingertip mouse because I thought it would pair well with this (it does)
- Started slowly raising my sens, for example in overwatch I used to play 800dpi 4, would go to 4.5, then 5, then 6, 7, and finally 8.5, which felt like it demanded a lot of control from my fingers and wrist. I would stick with one sens for around a month ish, not super consistent, just until it felt like I got super used to it
- Now I'm experimenting with drastically lowering my sens, trying 800dpi 5. I've noticed a massive benefit from this, since I basically forced myself to play with increasingly precise fingertip movements, my micro adjustments are really accurate. Mostly changed to lower sens so I could work on using my arm more, in the past I found it really hard to have accurate fingertip adjustments while using mostly arm since my fingers would tense up, so now trying to force myself to learn connecting them better
Also just some general glass pad tips for anyone considering this:
- You will suck at the start. A lot. It feels bad. That's ok, push through it until switching to your normal pad feels unplayable. After that it gets easier
- Use a sleeve. You may not think you sweat enough for it to matter, I didn't either, but you do, trust me on this and save yourself months of suffering with shit aim. I would recommend a sleeve with a thumb hole since for me my wrist having more friction on the pad was the worst part
- Any time your skates start to feel like shit, change them. PTFE skates on glass go in 3 phases, at the start they feel insanely slippery, they wear in in a few hours of use, after that they last a few weeks to a few months, then they get scratchy and never recover. I would recommend dot skates since they are way, way cheaper and faster as well
- Don't use glass or sapphire skates on glass, they will fuck your pad up permanently
You shouldnt used bold statements like "you will suck at first" etc. Understand that people will have different experiences, and not the same as yours. I got a Skypad and immediately got better. The easy cleaning and consistency of the pad makes muscle memory kick in and remain. Aiming is a combination of learning, reacting ,muscle memory and others. I wouldn't rule muscle memory out completely.
ive been using my skypad since 1999 muscle memory untouchable
My laziness took over I’d rather clean this over cloth not to mention got it on Black Friday sale for $60 thanks for the review can’t wait to play with it
I bought this and i am VERY happy with it. My K/D went up a little actually. :)
Been looking for smaller channel reviews before I caved; also you have the EVA BTL Grips so giving a sub for great taste
Thank you bro !
@@zen3D_yt No problem! Actually got me to scoop one on their sale, found out they're 4hrs away when I got it the next day and now it's completely replaced my Hayate Otsu, keep up the great reviews!
This is no joke. Put a thin layer olive oil onto the skypad. it feels so smooth. and if don't feel well with it clean it. it's glass.
im using dot skates with it.
wow that is interesting, never thought of that before!
My only concern is the amount of sound it makes with mouse movement on top of it. By movement or picking up and dropping mouse back down. It sounds so bad
It does make a sound.. but with earbuds or a headset you won't be able to hear it... but when using this pad while doing other stuff on the computer you will hear the swiping sound haha
Hey Zen! Did you use regular acrylic paint to fix the backside coating? My Skypad has a few places around the edges that could use some paint, but I'm not sure if the regular one would work
yes!
hey man, could i ask you how you wash it and what you use ? i cleaned mine with some regular window cleaner, made sure its not alcohol and doesnt leave a residue and my pad literally slowed down by 300% i'm kinda worried
also got tiger ice with the skypad feels super smooth
if u put mouse on wooden smooth desk does it feel slower or faster then skypad?
Little late but I use the G-Wolves HSK Pro ACE. I just bought the skypad 3.0 with some tiger ice v2 dots.. From what I understand the pad itself does eat the feet up somewhat regularly, is that true for you?
I have had mine for over a year , my corepads feet still look perfectly fine . I don’t press down on my mouse though .
Hey man, I liked your review. It was very in depth and also cool that you're a pubg player!
Thanks bro! thanks for watching, what games do you play?
@@zen3D_yt Nowdays PUBG PC is my main fps game that I play.
Do you think it will slip if placed onto another pad while gaming?
as long as the pad you put it on top of has good grip to the desk, you should be fine!
Im going to buy it, hope it wont fail me 😅😅😅
Nice bro, hope you like it! 😀
Update?
What would be your recommendation if you are looking for a hard mouse pad with just slightly more friction then the Skypad?
if you want glass, the superglide glass pad has slightly more friction but is close to the same. or the razer atlas has a bit more friction even than the superglide pad, but in terms of quality the skypad and superglide are better afaik.
How much dpi and sens in call of duty did you play ?
Is this mousepad last forever or need a replace like cloth pads?
this will last. you only have to replace the skates in the future. it depends how often you need to change them. the skates wear is not that worse how people think it is. i would go for a pulsar instead because of the flex on the skypad.
@@thestxrm For now I will buy a mpc450 because I have low budget and also my desk is not big enough for the skypad 3.0
As long is it does not break or shatter, it should last years and years or a very long time, mouse feet (skates) will need to be replaced more.
@@zen3D_yt Mmm...my problem is that only sells the xm1 ice tiger skates and not the xm1r.
Well, maybe in some years I will buy even the skypad v.5 because I will need to change my desk and maybe one superlight v2.
For now I will keep the xm1r and the mpc450.
I'm on a cloth Steelseries Qck (small from like 2015) and I play on 1600dpi would that be to fast for a glasspad?
1600dpi tells nothing without ingame sens, I personally wouldn't go higher in sens than maybe 25 cm/360
150$, wtf...
In europe it used to be around 100-110€ but at the moment it's 74€ free shipping on amazon. 100+€ was too much for me but 74€ i was willing to pay.
First concern should be the waste of money that u need to do with mouse feets, because this pad eat the feets really quick, I have it and my superglight with default skates (3 months of use) feels like everytime I'm tracking, everything feels scratchy, buy If I do the same on my "normal" pad (esports tiger eba) I don't feel that. So as soon as ur feets are being used for like 2 months or so, u'll need to buy new ones.
cloth you have to replace every couple years at least, you never have to replace a glass pad, the skates every few months arent that expensive depending on what cloth pad you would be needing to replace.
@@rainbats Well, "aren't that expensive", I live in Argentina, so everything is expensive, just to let u know is easier to get an skypad here than it is to get a set o mouse skates (u have to wait at least 15 days-30 days for them to come to the country)
@@MauChaza oh damn that is unlucky, I was only talking from my standpoint in the US. sry.
After replacing your skates does your pad feel smooth and brand new? I’m asking because I had the same problem and was wondering if it was an issue with the pad or the skates and I got glass skates and a new pad to see if I like it more then the sky pad(also got new pdft skates) to see how the sky pad feels with new skates
bro 120 dollors tf
LOL
I just coppped mine for 80GBP
chinese glass pads do the same for way cheaper
You are playing on an Alienware pc… your opinion is null and void.